ISS Expedition 36 | |
Insignia: | ISS Expedition 36 Patch.png |
Insignia Caption: | Expedition 36 mission patch |
Mission Type: | ISS Expedition |
Crew Size: | 7 |
Crew Members: | Expedition 35/36: Pavel Vinogradov Aleksandr Misurkin Chris Cassidy Expedition 36/37: Karen L. Nyberg Fyodor Yurchikhin Luca Parmitano |
Crew Photo: | Expedition 36 crew portrait.jpg |
Crew Photo Caption: | (l-r) Misurkin, Vinogradov, Cassidy, Parmitano, Yurchikhin and Nyberg |
Space Station: | International Space Station |
Start Date: | [1] |
Departure Craft: | Soyuz TMA-08M Soyuz TMA-09M |
Previous Mission: | Expedition 35 |
Next Mission: | Expedition 37 |
Programme: | ISS expeditions |
Expedition 36 was the 36th long-duration mission to the International Space Station.
Position | First Part (May 2013) | Second Part (May 2013 to September 2013) |
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Commander | Pavel Vinogradov, RSA Third spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 1 | Aleksandr Misurkin, RSA First spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 2 | Chris Cassidy, NASA Second spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 3 | Karen L. Nyberg, NASA Second and last spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 4 | Fyodor Yurchikhin, RSA Fourth spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 5 | Luca Parmitano, ESA First spaceflight | |
On 2013 June 16, the 50th anniversary of Vostok 6, the first spaceshot by a woman, Valentina Tereshkova, Karen L. Nyberg was one of two women in space, the other being Wang Yaping aboard Tiangong-1 on the Shenzhou 10 mission.[3]
On 2013 July 16, during EVA-23, Luca Parmitano reported that water was steadily leaking into his helmet. Flight controllers elected to abort the EVA immediately, and Parmitano made his way back to the Quest airlock, followed by Chris Cassidy, with whom he was performing the EVA. The airlock began re-pressurizing after a 1-hour and 32 minute spacewalk, and by this time Parmitano was having difficulty seeing, hearing, and speaking due to the amount of water in his suit. After re-pressurization, commander Pavel Vinogradov and crew member Fyodor Yurchikhin quickly removed Parmitano's helmet and soaked up the water with towels. Despite the incident, Parmitano was reported to be in good spirits and suffered no injury.[4] [5] [6]